Two major political parties raised doubts on Monday about the fairness of Thailand’s election results amid growing complaints about irregularities during Sunday’s poll and a vote count marred by hiccups and confusion. Early unofficial results announced by the country’s election commission in the first poll since a 2014 military coup gave the pro-army Phalang Pracharat […]
Impossible de passer un été sans remettre la tresse au goût du jour avec des possibilités de coiffures infinies pour un look tour à tour sophistiqué, décontracté ou casual. Cette saison ne fera pas exception avec des réinterprétations du bandeau, de la tresse collée, et des box braids. Trop long ? Trop difficile ? Ces […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s soundbite for a Croatian political campaign video lasted all of two seconds. But the repercussions have already lasted much longer and won’t be over anytime soon. Questions about code-of-conduct violations took up nearly half an hour during the Commission’s midday news conference on Monday and are certain to […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t travel to Washington this week to toast North America’s new trade deal alongside U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “We wish the United States and Mexico well at Wednesday’s meeting,” Trudeau spokesperson Chantal Gagnon told HuffPost Canada via email Monday. “While there were recent discussions […]
On Sunday, one of the hottest days of the year in southern Ontario, Nick Puopolo sweated in his mother’s long-term care room, feeding her ice cream and helping her sip water as two fans whirled with little effect. Her private room at the for-profit long-term care home Woodbridge Vista Care Community — one of Ontario’s […]
MONTREAL — George Chabo was just a teenager when the Syrian refugee arrived in Montreal in the winter of 2016, met first by Canadian Red Cross volunteers who supplied him and his family with boots and winter jackets to brave the Quebec cold. Chabo never forgot that initial encounter and now he’s determined to give […]
Ready to wish upon a shooting star for 2020 to be over? Canadians have the chance this month as Comet NEOWISE makes an appearance in the night sky. The comet, first spotted by astronomers in March, is currently visible in the early morning across the Northern hemisphere, and is expected to only get more visible […]
TORONTO — Ontario is doing away with an educational practice long criticized for disproportionately targeting high school students from racialized backgrounds, the provincial government said Monday. Streaming, which asks students to choose between pursuing academic or applied courses upon entering the secondary-school system, has drawn criticism at home and abroad for entrenching inequity into the province’s […]
BISMARCK, N.D. — No.21-ranked Concordia lost four bonus-point matches to start their dual meet with No.23-ranked University of Mary, fell behind 21-0 and lost 33-12. The Cobbers split the final six individual bouts against the Marauders but it was too late as they lost their first dual meet of the season. Mary (2-0) earned pins […]
If you spot an American tourist in Canada, what should you do? Since border restrictions between us and our southern neighbours were implemented at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Canadians have been cagey about the prospect of people bringing COVID-19 from the U.S. into Canada. While COVID-19 case rates have decreased dramatically north […]